Deciding where to eat in EPCOT’s World Showcase can be tough. Among the international pavilions’ unique dining experiences, there are so many great options to choose from! Today we’re taking a look at a quick service restaurant whose setup deviates from the traditional Disney counter service format.
We dined at an EPCOT quick service restaurant that assigns a cast member to every guest. We’ll take you through our experience, what we liked, and what we didn’t care for, plus a look at the full menu with pricing. Mickey Visit brings you the latest Disney news and planning resources, including a first look at the Villains coaster coming to Disney World and inside Disney’s first Encanto hotel rooms.
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Dining at the Quick Service Restaurant in EPCOT’s France Pavilion
Les Halles Boulangerie-Patisserie is the quick service restaurant in the France Pavilion at EPCOT. Its name roughly translates to “the bread and pastry hall,” and it specializes in both of those things as meals and snacks.
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The restaurant is tucked back in a corner. If you’re facing the France Pavilion with the World Showcase Lagoon behind you, Les Halles Boulangerie-Patisserie is to your left, at the end of an alleyway.
The first thing I noticed when I entered the building was that this space was very busy. Its open floor plan is used for no less than five purposes. The seating area, which the quick service restaurant shares with a nearby ice cream parlor, is right next to a merchandise shop.
In this same space is the France Pavilion’s designated Kidcot Fun Stop, where kids can create crafts and guests of all ages can get their EPCOT passports stamped.
Every 20 minutes or so, this mall-like interior plaza becomes even busier as guests exit the adjacent theater after having watched either the Beauty and the Beast Sing-Along or Impressions de France. The theater traffic flows directly into the gift shop/Kidcot/restaurant seating/ice cream seating. The theater exit doors can be seen on the right side of the photo above.
Many items at Les Halles Boulangerie-Patisserie qualify as snacks on Disney Dining Plans, even items that might seem more like entrées. As we’ll soon see, this is indicative of our main takeaway from this dining location.
With the exception of alcoholic beverages and a box of macarons (more on that in a moment), everything on the menu Les Halles Boulangerie-Patisserie costs under $15. However, most of the entrées are stand-alone items that don’t come with sides. The structure of the restaurant is designed in such a way that the guest gets to build their own meal, in a sense.
Our Meal at Les Halles Boulangerie-Patisserie
We arrived at Les Halles Boulangerie-Patisserie during the peak of dinner rush, at 6:15 PM, and the line to order food spilled out into the already-busy seating area. There is no mobile order available here, so all diners must use the traditional line.
Despite the line looking long, we had our food in hand and were sitting down to eat by 6:25, 10 minutes after entering the line.
Various breads and desserts are on display at the queue entrance. The macarons are especially popular here and can be purchased as a set of six for $13.75 or a set of 12 for $26.95.
Again, the line looks longer than it is, partly because once guests reach the back of the room, the line splits in two, and guests are directed either to the left or the right to continue ordering.
As guests wait in line, television monitors display the full menu and prices, which we feature below. I wish they also displayed photos of the food. Other than the macaron window when you enter the line, diners don’t get to see what any of the entrées or desserts look like until it’s time to order.
This led to me feeling flustered when it was my turn. All of the food is displayed together, and making my choice on the spot felt slightly overwhelming, especially given the loud and busy atmosphere.
It’s important to note that my feeling stemmed from the line format, not from the cast members. In fact, I really liked how the cast member and guest interaction was set up. When it’s your turn to order, you approach the display case and tell the cast member which entrée you’d like. To my surprise, after this, the same cast member told me to meet them over by the desserts.
The long display case winds its way along the entire back wall, ending at the cash register. I shuffled to the dessert portion of the display case, and the same cast member continued on with me to that section of the menu. This differs from most build-your-own-meal restaurants like Chipotle or Chopt, where different employees pass your plate along to each new section of the kitchen.
Starting with the entrées section, here is a look at a quiche and a bacon, egg, & cheese croissant. Keep in mind that items in the display case haven’t been toasted yet, so their final appearance when you eat them looks a little different than they do here.
Here are the brie, apples, and cranberries sandwich (on the left and right) and the apple crumble pastry (in the middle). The sandwich is served cold.
The Croque Monsieur is a toasted ham and cheese sandwich.
Another take on the same ingredients is the jambon beurre, a sandwich with ham, cheese, and dijon mustard butter served on a baguette. On the right is a pre-prepared salad.
Now onto the desserts! There are a ton of them, including a mousse cake, parfait…
…chocolate croissant…
…chocolate chunk cookies…
…strawberry tart, eclairs, macarons, and a lot more. I was taking pictures as fast as I could! There is a lot to take in here quickly. Be thinking about what you want before it’s time to pick.
The sandwich I ordered was toasted and ready by the time it was my turn at the cash register. Now came another tricky part: finding a place to sit. It was quite crowded, and I had to wait a few minutes before a table became available. There is also an area to stand and place your food on a chest-level table and eat it there, but that was full as well.
I had ordered the Croissant Salé, a $9.75 sandwich with bacon, eggs, and cheese. It had looked the most appealing to me in the display case, though at the time I didn’t quite know what it was. Again, there’s a lot happening around you in this restaurant, and the display case choices were overwhelming without the menu having any pictures. I still enjoyed my food, but I wish I had ordered something more unique than an item I can get any day at home at Dunkin’, albeit a less authentically French version.
As indicated by the purple icon on the menu, the Croissant Salé is eligible for a snack credit on the Disney Dining Plan, which is telling. I approached it as a meal, but it was more like a snack. Conversely, as a snack credit, though, this is a pretty big snack and a great value for that.
With all of this in mind, Les Halles Boulangerie-Patisserie is best as a dessert and snack shop. Take your pick from their huge selection of sweets, take it to go, and enjoy it while strolling through the France Pavilion.
As an option for a full meal, I don’t think Les Halles Boulangerie-Patisserie really delivers in comparison to other World Showcase restaurants. The incredibly busy seating issue and multipurpose function of the main dining room, which quintuples as a catch-all for merchandise and traffic flow, make this restaurant a hard sell for an actual meal. As a snack location, though, it’s great.
Full Menu at Les Halles Boulangerie-Patisserie
Cold Sandwiches
- Jambon Beurre – $11.25 (ham & cheese, dijon mustard butter on a demi baguette)
- Dinde B.L.T. – $10.95 (turkey, bacon, lettuce, tomato & garlic aioli)
- Brie aux Pommes – $10.25 (Brie, apples & cranberries in multi-grain bread)
Warm Sandwiches
- Croissant Jambon Fromage – $7.95 (ham, cheese & béchamel in a croissant)
- Poulet au Pistou – $11.95 (chicken breast with cheese, tomato, red onion & pesto)
Spécialités
- Quiche Lorraine – $7.50 (ham, gruyère quiche)
- Croissant Salé – $9.75 (eggs, cheese & bacon croissant)
- Soupe du Jour – $7.95 (lobster bisque in a bread bowl)
- Baguette (fresh from our oven) – Half $2.95 | Full $4.95
- Fromages – $12.95 (imported cheese plate)
- Quiche Florentine – $9.95 (spinach, goat cheese quiche)
- Pissaladière – $6.95 (goat cheese, onions, herbs, parmesan)
- Croque Monsieur – $10.75 (toasted ham & cheese)
Viennoiseries
- Croissant (plain croissant) – $3.95
- Pain au Chocolat (chocolate croissant) – $4.95
- Viennoiserie Pommes (apple crumble pastry) – $5.95
- Beignet (beignet filled with chocolate & hazelnuts) – $5.95
- Biscuit Chocolat (chocolate chip cookie) – $5.25
- Frangipane (chocolate croissant with almond filling) – $6.95
Tartes
- Fraises (vanilla cream, topped with strawberry) – $7.75
- Citron (fresh blueberries and lemon cream pastry) – $7.95
- Tarte au Citron (lemon cream and meringue) – $7.25
Desserts
- Napoleon (puff pastry layered with cream) – $6.95
- Éclair (chocolate cream) – $5.95
- Vanilla Éclair (vanilla pastry cream) – $5.75
- Parfait aux Fruits (yogurt mousse with berries) – $7.50
- Framboise (raspberry mousse cake) – $7.95
- Crème Brûlée (caramelized vanilla custard) – $5.95
- Duo (white and dark chocolate mousse cake) – $7.95
- Raspberry Macaron (with lime cream) – $7.95
- Chocolate Macaron (with caramel cremeux) – $7.95
- Mousse au Chocolat (chocolate mousse) – $7.50
- Macarons (6 assorted) – $13.75
- Plant-based Macarons (G/D/TN friendly) – $8.95
- Macarons Box Collection (12 assorted) – $26.95
Boissons
- Espresso (regular or decaf) – $5.25
- Cappuccino or Latte (regular or decaf) – $5.65
- Café coffee (regular or decaf) – $3.95
- Sirop Monin (add a flavor shot, Hazelnut or Vanilla) – $1.50
- Chocolat Chaud (hot chocolate) – $4.95
- Thé hot tea (regular or decaf) – $3.95
- Evian natural spring water – $4.00
- Perrier sparkling mineral water – $4.95
- Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Sprite, Fanta, Iced Tea, Lemonade – $4.79
- Jus d’Orange (orange juice) – $6.95
- Lait, Lait Chocolat (milk, chocolate milk) – $4.25
Vins & Bière
- Frosé (Frozen French rosé, vodka, peach) – $15.95
- Champagne (Malard Excellence, Brut) – $21.95
- Mimosa (sparkling wine, orange juice) – $12.95
- Chardonnay (Georges Duboeuf) – $8.95
- Cabernet Sauvignon (Georges Duboeuf) – $9.50
- Belle Epoque (French Beer) – $9.95
Chocolate Marshmallow Bear
- Dark Chocolate Covered Vanilla Marshmallow – $5.95
Other Dining in EPCOT’s France Pavilion
Les Halles Boulangerie-Patisserie is the main quick service option in the France Pavilion, but it is far from the only dining choice in this area of EPCOT.
Chefs de France is a classic table service restaurant specializing in French cuisine similar to Les Halles Boulangerie-Patisserie, but in a more relaxed environment.
La Crêperie de Paris is a new table service restaurant that opened with the France Pavilion’s Ratatouille expansion in 2021. It specializes in sweet and savory crepes. It has a quick service counterpart called Crêpes À Emporter.
Monsieur Paul is a more upscale French table service dining option with a dress code.
Lastly, L’Artisan des Glaces is an ice cream shop with a very unique menu item: a warm, pressed ice cream sandwich! We paid a visit to L’Artisan des Glaces recently, and we’ll be sharing more about our experience there in an upcoming review. Make sure you’re subscribed to our free Mickey Visit newsletter so you don’t miss it.
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